What happened in Turkish football today? 11/09/2024

Turkey showed mixture of performance in opening 2 games at Nations League.

Turkish National Team has completed first 2 games at Nations League at the September period at the top spot in the League B Group 4 thanks to an extra goal scored compare to Wales despite of factor that it did provide two different performances in opening 2 games.

We have seen without doubt 2 different Turkish National Team at the games against Wales and Iceland as it has provided pretty low tempo and uncreative game against Wales where it has been lucky not to lose game while it has shown dominant game against Iceland hence once again providing an image of being unstable side. It needs to be mentioned that playing at home and also lots of criticism during game against Wales did have also an impact at the game against Iceland among level of both sides. Still, getting point at Wales which has been dominating game and did lack finding final touches at attack would be seen as crucial point and help side to end group stage at top spot which would lead them to be promoted to League A.

Turkey did provide two different games and without doubt fans would be expecting for side to show performance which it did against Iceland in more regular cases during whole campaign.

Simon Banza arrived to Trabzon for Trabzonspor.

Trabzonspor player Simon Banza has arrived to Trabzon as there has been lots of expectations with an attacking player who has stated that he would provide strong attacking game and feels ready to play against Besiktas in upcoming game.

Trabzonspor it needs to be mentioned did have some serious issues among many during this season and hence this signing could be seen as an advantegous one for the team as he does have some good experience and is being confident player without doubt. Taking account for financial differences between top 3 Istanbul club, this signing could be seen as best option. He would need time to get adapted which could be seen as only down side but when he does it would be expected for him to show some good experience due of high potentiality.

Without doubt Senol Gunes would be aiming for team to show much more attacking game and hence Banza would be playing a crucial role in this new team. 

Galatasaray signs Ali Efe Cordek until 2028

Galatasaray has signed young player from 3rd side team Kartal Bulvarspor Ali Efe Cordek until 2028 as there is expectation from player to provide similar development as did Kemal Akturkoglu.

It would be needed to be reminded that Kerem Akturkoglu who has joined Benfica last week, has also been coming from lower leagues and has shown incredible development at Galatasaray due of self will and belief among being at top club. Without doubt, Ali Efe Cordek will provide similar expectations as long as he would provide similar effort and belief to himself but he would need to do so if he wants to be successful at Galatasaray. It would be interesting to see how player would develop and how much effort he would be given to develop as strong player.

Even through not much known about player it would be expected for him to be focussed and aim to develop as strong player at the team in upcoming periods.

Results:

Turkish Cup, 1st round

1074 Cankirispor 1:2 Kirikkale Buyuk Anadolu

Bayburt 2:0 Serhat Ardahanspor

Bitlis Ozguzeldere 2:0 Hakkari Zap

Dersimspor 0:7 Adiyaman FK

Kahramanmarasspor 1:0

Kelkit 3:1 Kars 36spor

Sirnak 4:1 Kurtalanspor

Bucak Belediyespor 0:0 (pen: 6:5) Denizlispor

Yesil Yalova FK 3:0 Yeni Canspor

Zonguldak 2:0 Bartinspor

Usakspor 4:0 1922 Konyaspor

Schedule:

Turkish Cup, 1st round:

13:30 23 Elazig FK- 12 Bingol

16:00 Bozuyuk Vitraspor - Bursaspor

In other news:

- EsenlerErokspor has loaned Konyaspor player Metehan Mert.

- Konyaspor has transferred Riechedly Bazoer for 2-years.

- Torino player Emirhan Ilkhan will have an operation due of injury.

- Trabzonspor player Stefano Dunswill has become injured during international duty.

- OlympiqueLyon player Rayan Cherki has declined transfer offer from Trabzonspor.

- Trabzonspor player Enis Bardhi has declined transfer offer from Hatayspor.

- Galatasaray has made transfer deal with Roma player Nicola Zalewski for 2 million euro for 5-year contract.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Leicester City player Ricardo Pereira.

- Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Lens player Wesley Said.

- Alanyaspor are interested to transfer Goztepe player Yalcin Kayan.

- Bodrum administrator Selahattin Polat has stated that there might be some transfer surprises from club until transfer window deadline.

- Kasimpasa are interested to transfer Galatasaray player Yusuf Demir.

- Braga player Serdar Saatci has arrived to Trabzon for one-on-one transfer negotiations with Trabzonspor.

- Hatayspor head coach Riza Calimbay has stated that he wants to see Fenerbahce player Emre Mor and Trabzonspor player Enis Bardhi at the team.

What happened in Turkish football today? 10/09/2024

Turkey got confident win against Iceland with strong performance.

Turkish National Team had got its 1st win at the Nations League during home game against Iceland thanks to the hat-trick from Kerem Akturkoglu and has got into leadership at the group passing Wales thanks to 1 goal.

Turkey has provided very poor performance against Wales and it was interesting how team would be responding and with Vincenzo Montella going through some changes at starting 11 and also possibly Wales being wake up call has led positive impact to the team as it provided an attacking game. Despite of fact that Akturkoglu has been main star player thanks to his hat-trick, it needs to be mentioned that whole side did provide a positive and attacking game. Turkey didnt provide much possession to its opponents who only have scored due corner kick. Poor quality of opponent did have an effect with this result but it needs to be mentioned that Turkey mentally has changed its gameplay in this game and could get results with such performance.

This performance has been much closer to the Euro 2024 level and did show that it is capable getting great results if it stays focus at game.

Trabzonspor officially appoints Senol Gunes 

Trabzonspor has officially announced its head coach Senol Gunes as club's head coach as Gunes has been both legendary goalkeeper and had some historical coaching periods of Trabzonspor.

Without doubt, being someone who has knowledge and connection with team which in all fairness is difficult to manage both within team and outside of it, it has been important to appoint such name. It needs to be mentioned that Senol Gunes would still to be given some time for getting result as he would provide different tactical game and also get rid of poor confidence which team is at and it needs to be given time to him and patience from fans at least until national team which would be taking place in October. Still, Trabzonspor does have pretty good squad and side is capable to get results after its over its mainly psychological issues.

Senol Gunes hence could be moving side forward but would need to be given time upcoming games for sure.

Rizespor terminates contract with Gokkan Akkan

Rizespor has terminated contract with its player Gokkan Akkan as it was known that side didnt have much plans with him especially Ivic Grbic has been transferred day before.

Connection between club and Gokkan Akkan hasnt been in good condition lately and hence it did led to the period where both sides where seeking ways to depart from each other which led for such decision despite of player being an important one in recent years and taking leading role and did make key saves. Right now, it is expected for Gokkan Akkan to sign with new club until transfer deadline on 13th September with rumours that he would join Hatayspor.

Gokkan Akkan is goalkeeper which could provide good advantage for mediocre side and hence it would been expected him to join new club in short period.

Results:

Turkish Cup, 1st round:

Kahramanmaras 0:1 Kilis Belediyespor

Sinopspor 0:2 Duzcespor

Schedule:

Turkish Cup, 1st round:

13:30 1074 Cankirspor - Kirikkale Buyuk Anadolu

14:00 Bayburt - Serhat Ardahanspor

14:00 Bitlis Ozguzeldere - Hakkari Zap

14:00 Dersimspor - Adiyaman FK

14:00 Kahrahamanmarasspor - Nevsehir

14:00 Kelkit - Kars 36spor

14:00 Sirnak-Kurtalanspor

14:30 Bucak Belediyespor - Denizlispor

14:30 Etismesgut - Kirsehir SK

14:30 Yesil Yalova FK- Yeni Canspor

14:30 Zonguldak - Bartinspor

16:00 Usakspor-1922 Konyaspor

In other news:

- Fenerbahce has made sponsorship deal with Alpet with company logo will be present at right sleeve.

- BatmanPetrolspor has loaned Bodrum player Omar Imeri.

- Gaziantep has transferred Cremonese player David Okereke

- Boluspor has loaned Eyupspor player Fethi Ozer.

- Konyaspor has transferred Qarabakh player Hamidou Keita for 2-years.

- Bodrum has signed Cluj player Arlind Ajedi for 3-years.

- Hatayspor has signed Francisco Calvo for 2-years

- ClubBrugge has declined transfer offer from Galatasaray for Raphael Onyedika despite of club making deal with player. Negotiations are continuing.

- Roma player Nicola Zalewski has requested 2.5 million euro salary with 4 year contract from Galatasaray

- Trabzonspor has raised loan fee for Olympique Lyon player Gift Orban to 1.5 million euro.

- Eyupspor, Sivasspor and Hatayspor are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Serdar Aziz.

- Eyupspor are interested to transfer Besiktas player Alex Oxlade Chamberlain.

- Galatasaray considers to extend contract with its administrator Cenk Ergun for 2-years.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Olympique Lyon player Rayan Cherki.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Chelsea player Carney Chukwuemeka.

- Galatasaray has made transfer deal with Roma player Nicola Zalewski.

What happened in Turkish football today? 09/09/2024

Turkey got confident win thanks to Kerem Akturkoglu

Turkish National Team has managed to get an important win against Iceland at home ground in Izmir thanks to the Kerem Akturkoglu hat-trick as team has provided much more attacking and positive performance compare to Wales game.

As it would be remembered, Turkish National Team performance against Wales has been rightfully criticised for passive and low tempo and it does look like team has went through all mistakes which team had from previous game. Team did look much more fresh and agressive at the field with keep looking for chances and creating them which led them to create some great goals. Without doubt, finding an early goal has also played an important role as Iceland tens to show closed and defensive game and best to open in such games is to find which it has managed to do so. It was important to see Turkey got confident win thanks to Kerem Akturkoglu

Turkish National Team has managed to get an important win against Iceland at home ground in Izmir thanks to the Kerem Akturkoglu hat-trick as team has provided much more attacking and positive performance compare to Wales game.

As it would be remembered, Turkish National Team performance against Wales has been rightfully criticised for passive and low tempo and it does look like team has went through all mistakes which team had from previous game. Team did look much more fresh and agressive at the field with keep looking for chances and creating them which led them to create some great goals. Without doubt, finding an early goal has also played an important role as Iceland tens to show closed and defensive game and best to open in such games is to find which it has managed to do so. It was important to see that conceded goal from corner didnt had negative impact to team as it has continued showing an attacking game with Akturkoglu finding 2 more goals. Even through Kerem Akturkoglu did find 2 goals, whole side did show very good and attacking game on the field.

Iceland meanwhile has been focussing to show its own game which is to show patient game with finding goals from set pieces and high balls as it did find goal from corner. To some extend, Iceland did manage to show good performance with this tactical but not having alternative game plan let them to lose game.

Turkey hence did show total change of game compare to Wales game at positive note and it does look like Akturkoglu joining Benfica has provided relaxation and confidence which has been present with his performance on field.

Hatayspor signs Besiktas player Vincent Aboubakar.

Hatayspor has transferred Besiktas player Vincent Aboubakar as he has been into selling list of Istanbul giant but did have an issue with convincing player to leave but it does look all sides has made a deal.

It could be stated that this deal has been win-win step as Besiktas has been able to get rid of one of the players which it had difficulty to do so during whole summer transfer window and would now have an opportunity to sign another player until transfer deadline on 13th September. It needs to be mentioned that with Riza Calimbay being appointed at Hatayspor, he has played an important role with this transfer as he did have spell with player beforehand at Besiktas. Meanwhile, Hatayspor which are struggling so far during this season did get player who would be able to show top level performance if he would be highly focussed.

Hence, this has been pretty important deal between sides and would solve some important issues for both clubs for this season.

Rizespor loans Ivo Grbic

Rizespor loans Sheffield United goalkeeper Ivo Grbic and hence did strength its goalkeeper position as this would be seen an important signing taking account that club does aim to have successful season.

With taking account quality and experience of Ivo Grbic, this transfer could be seen as most productive potentially for Rizespor and would provide some relaxation at defensive position if Grbic would provide strong performance which he is capable at. It is known that for some days team did get this loan as priority and has managed that as Ivo Grbic would be accepted to start showing confident performance at goal from upcoming weeks.

Rizespor did sign an important player taking account its financial capacity and would now hope he would fulfill his expectation at the side.

Results:

UEFA Nations League, Group B4, 2nd week:

Turkey 3:1 Iceland

Montenegro 1:2 Wales

Schedule:

Turkish Cup, 1st round:

14:00 Kahramanmaras - Kilis Belediyespor

15:00 Sinopspor - Duzcespor

In other news:

- Galatasaray player Ismail Jacobs has become injured during international duty.

- Erzurumspor has loaned Antalyaspor player Ataberk Dadakdeniz.

- Wydad has signed Konyaspor player Bouly Sambou.

- Antalyaspor has lifted transfer ban.

- Alanyaspor has transferred Ui Jo Hwang for 1-year.

-Fenerbahce has loaned Juventus player Filip Kostic for 1-year.

- Erzurumspor has loaned Trabzonspor player Tonio Teklic

- UniversitateaCraiova has made transfer deal with Galatasaray player Alexandru Cicaldau.

- Konyaspor are interested to transfer AZ Alkmaar player Riechedly Bazoer.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Fulham player Harrison Reed.

- Basaksehirspor are interested to transfer Ajax player Owen Wijndal.

- Besiktas has declined 15 million euro from Aston Villa for Semih Kilicsoy.

- Hatayspor are interested to transfer Trabzonspor player Enis Bardhi

- Fenerbahce has made deal with 2.5 million euro to Juventus player Filip Kostic at loan deal.

- Goztepe are interested to transfer Maxi Gomez.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Sevilla player Sergio Ramos.

- Trabzonspor has offered 1 million euro loan offer to Olympique Lyon player Gift Orban with 7.5 million euro transfer option.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Sevilla player Sergio Ramos.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Rangers player James Tavernier.

- Basaksehirspor are interested to transfer Antalyaspor player Osman Taha Ozmert.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Velez Sarsfield player Christian Ordonez.

What happened in Turkish football today? 08/08/2024

Trabzonspor has lost to Rapid Wien at home ground.

Trabzonspor has lost to Austria side Rapid Wien at home ground with 1:0 scoreline at home ground after conceding goal from Lukas Grgic as Trabzonspor has continued to show an ineffective performance at home ground once again.

It needs to be mentioned that despite of getting through Ruzemberog at home ground, Trabzonspor has continued to show an ineffective performance at home ground and has led many chances to Rapid Wien as Ugurcan Cakir has made 3 saves during game and did keep chances alive for next round. Rapid Wien despite of finding only one goal has been side which did look to be closer at goal and did create lots of opportunities and chances. Therefore, it does look from all games so far at Europa League that Trabzonspor does have a defensive issue and it cant rely too much into attacking players who didnt find many chances tonight in each manner. Trabzonspor does need to improve a lot for 2nd leg and start of the season and focus especially to defence.

Rapid Wien despite of only finding one goal has been better side all round and could easily find more goals if it wasnt for Trabzonspor goalkepeer Ugurcan Cakir and hence did get an important advantage at home ground.

Trabzonspor hence once again has shown ineffective performance and would especially need to focus to defensive game in for upcoming days without doubt.

Basaksehirspor did get small advantage at the tie against Iberia.

Basaksehirspor has got crucial an away goal against Georgian side Iberia at 87th minute Davidson with great organising game at the game where side did fail to get full control of the game.

Even through Basaksehirspor did get slight advantage over Georgian side at Conference League, it needs to be mentioned that it ended up much more tougher game than it has been expected as Georgian side did provide some good organised game. It needs to be mentioned that it has been pretty uneventful game but few chances which been created has been Basaksehirspor as it did lack having final touches or has failed to overpass opponent defensive game. Therefore, Basaksehirspor didnt really show strong game but it needs to be mentioned that it did get an important advantage at the tie for 2nd leg as it would be playing at home ground.

It needs to be mentioned that Iberia turned out to be much more organised game than it has been expected to be during the game as it show some strong patient game but does lack showing some strong attacking game.

Game hence turned out to be slightly more tougher than Basaksehirspor would have hoped for but still it did get an advantage at the tie.

Title holders will start season against Hatayspor.

Turkish Super League 2024-25 season would be starting with title holders playing against Hatayspor at its home ground and would be aiming to show strong bounce back from unexpected 5:0 loss to Besiktas at Turkish Super Cup.

Galatasaray has stated for some long time that it would be coming out to this season with an aim to defend its title and hence losing to Besikas with 5:0 does provide some questions how much team is being ready. It would be expected for Galatasaray to be aiming to show strong response to such poor results and expected to show some strong attacking game. Coming to Hatayspor it would be aware of result which Galatasaray did get against Besiktas and could see the game as opportunity as Galatasaray did look to be pretty unorganised but still it needs to be careful as Galatasaray would be aiming to show strong response.

Galatasaray would be opening league against Hatayspor with an aim to show that it was just on bad day against Besiktas at Super Cup.

Results:  

 UEFA Europa League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

Trabzonspor 0:1 Rapid Wien

Partizan 0:1 Lugano (winner of this tie will be playing against Besiktas at Europa League play-off round)

Braga - Servette (winner of this tie will be playing against winners of Trabzonspor-Rapid Wien tie (agg: 0:1) at play-off round

UEFA Conference League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

Iberia 0:1 Basaksehirspor

St.Patricks 1:0 Sabah Baku(winner of this tie will be playing against winners of Basaksehirspor-Iberia(agg: 1:0) tie at play-off round

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 1st week:

21:00 Galatasaray-Hatayspor

In other news:

- Sivasspor has changed name to Net Global Sivasspor

- Trabzonspor has transferred Zorya Luhansk player Arseniy Batagov for 2.3 million euro+500 euro bonus until 2028

- Besiktas has released licence of newly signed player Emirhan Topcu.

- Galatasaray has made sponsorship deal for shorts for AHL Pay.

-Gaziantep has signed Bruno Viana

-Konyaspor has signed Danijil Aleksic for 2+1 years

- Kayserispor has extended contract with its player Kartal Kayra Yilmaz.

- Sivasspor has extended contract with Samba Camara for 1-year and loaned Noah Sonko Sundberg with transfer option.

- Basaksehirspor has appointed academy and youth development responsible Marco Federico Pezzaioli from Galatasaray

- Goztepe player Kuryu Matzuki has become injured.

- Fenerbahce has signed sponsorship deal with Kigili

- Fenerbahce considers to end contract with its player Cagatay Kurukalip.

- Besiktas player Alex Oxlade Chamberlain requests to get paid 6 million euro of his 2-year salary if contract would be terminated.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Chelsea player Diego Moreira and Renato Veiga.

- Galatasaray has set transfer fee of its player Abdulkerim Bardakci as 15 million euro.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Fluminense player Andre.

- Sivasspor has made principal deal with Lugodorets player Sonko Sandberg.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Olympique Lyon player Nemanja Matic.

- Galatasaray has recieved 112,000 TL fine and Besiktas recieved 280,000 TL fine for events on the field.

 

What happened in Turkish football today? 07/08/2024

Fenerbahce didnt provide strong performance against Lille.

Fenerbahce has lost its 1st leg game against Lille during Champions League 3rd qualifying round at away game as team continued to provide pretty ineffective performance with risky game showing at defence.

Even through there were some short positive aspects at Fenerbahce performance, it needs to be mentioned that in overall team didnt show strong and creative game as it been slow and tends to show very risky game close to the defence which led team to concede 2 simple goals and does look to be one of the main issues at the team is being defence as Ferdi Kadioglu is being only good player in that zone. Lille it would be stated didnt provide performance which has been expected from them and also looked to be pretty ineffective but Fenerbahce didnt use that opportunity. Fenerbahce now does have doable but pretty task of turning around game in 2nd leg but to do that it does need to improve defensive game and also provide different formation with Adana Demirspor at league could be good test.

Fenerbahce has played 3 official games and has been very far from expected performance which includes Jose Mourinho focus and it does look like it would take time for game to be set.

Trabzonspor would need to improve its defensive game if it wants to get good result.

Trabzonspor would come out without doubt to pretty tough game against Rapid Wien at Europa League 3rd qualifying round as it would be playing against side which is being used and expected to be European tournaments.

Trabzonspor when coming to beating Ruzemborog at previous round, did get confident scoreline but it does need to improve its performance against Rapid Wien as opponent especially at away game did create many chances. Rapid Wien would be expected to be more creative and effective at attack and hence performance of defenders would be playing much more careful game while an attack if get opponent could convert chances but as been noted good defensive could mentally provide relaxation to Trabzonspor defenders. Trabzonspor does have chance to get through but it would need to show strong and organised game for 90 minutes.

Its hard to call definite opponent as both side being close to its level but Trabzonspor does have some good players including attackers.

Basaksehirspor are strong favourites against Iberia.

Basaksehirspor would be coming out as strong favourites against Georgian side Iberia during Conference League 3rd qualifying round but it would be much more tougher game compare to La Fiorita.

One of the advantages for Basaksehirspor has been for playing against La Fiorita as team without doubt would be coming to this tie with high motivation and confidence but it also need to be more focussed as Iberia will not be expected to provide too much pressure but still would show much more effective game compare to La Fiorita. Basaksehirspor needs to show high tempo game for 90 minutes as with having quality factor it could provide needed motivation and confidence for team and an earlier goal could lead them to get great result. 

Basaksehirspor are being favourites and expected to get advantage scoreline but as been noted it would be tougher than La Fiorita tie.

Results:

UEFA Champions League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

Slavia Prague 3:1 Royale Union(winner of this tie will be playing against winners of Fenerbahce-Lille tie at Champions League  play-off round)

UEFA Conference League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

St.Gallen 2:0 Slask Wroclaw(winner of this tie would be playing against losers of Europa League 3rd qualifying round between Trabzonspor-Rapid Wien tie)

Schedule:

UEFA Europa League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

20:00 Trabzonspor-Rapid Wien

21:00 Partizan - Lugano(winner of this tie will be playing against Besiktas during Europa League play-off round)

22:30 Braga - Servette(winner of this tie will be playing against winners of Europa League between Trabzonspor-Rapid Wien play-off round)

UEFA Conference League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

19:00 Iberia - Basaksehirspor

 21:45 St.Patricks - Sabah Baku(winner of this will be playing against winners of Basaksehirspor - Iberia tie at Conference League play-off round)

In other news:

- Goztepe has signed Goteborg player Roman Pascal Lunqvist.

- Trabzonspor has signed Andriy Batagov for 4-years.

- Goztepe has made sponsorship deal for shorts with Pasha Group.

- FatihKaragumruk has loaned Galatasaray player Baran Demiroglu.

- Besiktas are close to transfer Freiburg player Berkay Yilmaz.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Boca Juniors player Cristian Medina.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Aston Villa player Lucas Digne.

- SpartakMoscow has offered 20+2 million euro in total to Galatasaray for Kerem Akturkoglu and Derrick Kohn.

- Monaco and Lazio are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Irfan Can Kahveci.

- Basaksehirspor has made transfer deal with Al Ittifaq player Berat Ozdemir.

- WestHamUnited player Lucas Digne has announced that he didnt recieve transfer offer from Galatasaray.

- Trabzonspor has announced that it would be able to use Kartal Facilities for 30-years in Trabzon

- Galatasaray head coach Okan Buruk has stated that club wants to keep its player Kerem Akturkoglu and Derrick Kohn at team.

- BrightandHaveAlbion has offered 35 million euro for Fenerbahce player Ferdi Kadioglu.

- Gaziantep has made transfer deals with Wallace, Bruno Viana, Deian Sorescu and Ogun Ozcicek.

- CrystalPalace are interested to loan Galatasaray player Wilfred Zaha

What happened in Turkish football today? 06/08/2024

Uneffective game from Fenerbahce has led Lille to win 1st leg of tie.

Fenerbahce has lost 3rd qualifying round game against Lille at away game with 2:1 scoreline as it once again didnt manage to show an effective game for 90 minutes as it looked to be passive with Lille being slightly lucky.

With not very effective performance during Lugano game, there were curiousity if Fenerbahce would improve with its performance and even through there were some positive signs from 1st leg, it still provided some warning signs at defensive and midfielding game as Fenerbahce has managed to get some crucial changes. In fact, it was observed that Lille were not at great form and didnt provide much danger to Fenerbahce side its been especially saddened for Istanbul giant to lose game in such manner. It needs to be mentioned that Fenerbahce has made some crucial mistakes at the defence with playing risky game at the spot where it needs to be played least which led for Lille to find 2 very simple and easy goals. Another factor has been poor performance from Edin Dzeko who does have serious decline from previous season which could lead Mourinho using him less in upcoming weeks.

Lille as been noted didnt provide much danger as was expected as side didnt look to be entirely prepared and has played with defensive game mainly and also foung goals more from luck rather providing an effective attacking game.

Still, in 2 legs game 2:1 is not very bad result but it would need to improve its performance while also support from Fenerbahce supporters would play an important role and it would need to provide more pushing force compare to Lugano home game.

Antalyaspor loans Emrecan Uzunhan.

Antalyaspor has loaned Besiktas player Emrecan Uzunhan as player would be able to get much more playing time at mediocre side as Uzunhan does prove himself to be player with high potential but unlucky to get some playing time.

Even through Emrecan Uzunhan didnt get much of playing time during previous season when he did show some quality and hence has been seen among players who could become leading players at Besiktas and generally in Turkey. It needs to be mentioned that Uzunhan joining Antalyaspor could be great option as it is being team which does have aims to get some top section of the standings and hence he would be able to get some crucial time and return to Besiktas at good form.

Besiktas is being team which does go through some revision and this decision to Uzunhan join Antalyaspor could be good one in long run for sure.

Erokspor loans 2 players from Basaksehirspor

Erokspor has loaned Basaksehirspor players Berkay Aydogmus and Francis Nzaba as both players would be getting some playing time at lower league and develop into better players. 

Therefore, Basaksehirspor did sell 2 players which would not get much playing time in their team even if they are would be competing at three tournaments and do mainly of inexperience of both players, they would get much needed time and hence would let players to develop into more stronger players. Erokspor without doubt did get an important loan of two players who would let players to develop into better players while Erokspor would be able to use players from Super League clubs.

Basaksehirspor so far has been quiet during summer transfer window and certainly would be seeking for more names and hence would be focussing to sign names as we would follow all developments in our accounts.

Results:

UEFA Champions League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

Lille 2:1 Fenerbahce

Schedule:

UEFA Champions League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

20:00 Slavia Prague- Royale Union(winner of this tie will be playing at against winners of Fenerbahce-Lille tie at play-off round)

In other news:

- Galatasaray and Besiktas has been referred to PFDK for events on the field.

- AdanaDemirspor has signed sponsorship deal with Bodymax

- Besiktas has terminated contract with its player Badra Cisse.

-Besiktas players Omar Colley and Gedson Fernandes has become injured.

- Southampton are interested to transfer Besiktas player Alex Oxlade Chamberlain.

- Konyaspor are interested to transfer Basaksehirspor player Danijel Aleksic.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Venezia player Tanner Tessmann.

- Goztepe and Kasimpasa are interested to transfer Aaron Boupendza.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Al Nassr player Aymeric Laporte.

What happened in Turkish football today? 05/08/2024

Fenerbahce does have capacity to get good result against Lille.

Fenerbahce would be coming out to Champions League 3rd qualifying round 1st leg at away game against French opponent Lille as in all fairness it does have capacity to take advantage scoreline for 2nd leg but it would need to improve compare to its performance against Lugano.

It needs to be mentioned that Fenerbahce which does seek to enter at group stage of Champions League does have squad quality and also head coach Jose Mourinho who is being a winner, but as been noted several times Fenerbahce didnt provide very good performance against Lugano despite of winning both games and hence needs to improve its performance especially at midfield and defence and if it does achieve that during game it wouldbe able to create some chances especially taking account that French sides does have issues at qualifying rounds in recent years and Fenerbahce could use this pressure on opponent as advantage.

Fenerbahce does have quality to get good result in this tie but as been noted it needs to improve its performance. Meanwhile, side would play against winners of Slavia Prague and Royale Union if it goes through.

Galatasaray has drawn against Young Boys.

Galatasaray has been drawn against Swiss champions Young Boys as it would be coming out as favourites as this tie but taking reference Turkish Super Cup against Besiktas, it would need to provide much more effective game.

Young Boys might not be side which does get to Champions League group stage at regular basis but it is being side which does play lots of qualification and hence are familiar in this level of performance hence Galatasaray needs to get full focus into opponent if it doesnt want to get surprise. When looking into quality of the team, it should be able to get positive result as long as it focuses and players does show some good performance especially at the attacking as it would need to provide pressure to Young Boys.

Galatasaray are being favourites but without doubt it would need to stay focussed if it wants to get unwanted result.

Besiktas will play against winners of Partizan and Lugano

Besiktas has been drawn against winners of Europa League tie between Partizan and Lugano as team is being familiar with latter from previous season at same tournament while Lugano did have chance to play against Fenerbahce.

It needs to be stated that Besiktas has shown very promising start of the season against Galatasaray and if it would be able to carry on similar performance until 1st leg of this tie it would be coming out as strong favourites whoever would be opponent. Stating that, there is not much difference at the quality of the stuff as Partizan does look slightly more tougher opponent but still is being side which Besiktas could get good result. Also, in other side of the coin Besiktas wouldnt mind to play against Lugano with seeking to get revenge from last season poor results.

Besiktas hence could be satisfied with this tie especially if it carries on show top level game until game will be played.

Schedule:

UEFA Champions League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

21:30 Lille-Fenerbahce

In other news:

- Trabzonspor has drawn against winners of Conference League 3rd qualifying round tie between Gallen and Slask Wroclaw if it loses to Rapid Wien at 3rd qualifying round Europa League game.

- Trabzonspor has drawn against winners of Europa League League 3rd qualifying round Braga and Servette at play-off round if it beats Rapid Vienna

- Basaksehirspor has drawn against winners of Conference League League 3rd qualifying round St.Patricks and Sabah at play-off round if it beats Iberia

- - Alanyaspor has made sponsorship deal with Gain Medya for stadium name which would be referred as Gain Park Stadium.

What happened in Turkish football today? 04/08/2024

Besiktas has wanted Turkish Super Cup much more than Galatasaray

Besiktas had a perfect start of the season as it has won Galatasaray at Super Cup game with 5:0 and has shown that it has very high aims as it shown 180 degree turn of performance with Ciro Immobile making clear that he aims to show top performance at the team.

Following poor performance during last season which led to some crucial changes at Besiktas during this summer transfer window, it was expected for Besiktas to show totally different and more attacking performance and it has overpassed even expectations as it controlled game, was seeking to attack, forced Galatasaray to make mistakes and when their did it used their chances very effectively. Besiktas player Ciro Immobile folowing mistake of Victor Nelsson at the start of the game has led team to find goal on 21st second which went into  record as fastest goal at Turkish Super Cup. Following that goal, Besiktas continued to show strong game and found 4 other goals in 2nd half and made clear that their are ready for new seasons. 

Besiktas still needs places to improve performance wise as it been clear from yesterday performance but it was much more motivated and concentrated compare to Galatasaray during game.

Galatasaray didnt show anything at quality matter.

Galatasaray was quite opposite from Besiktas as players did lack concentration and has been way behind from performance which it has shown when won title in last season and it does look Okan Buruk would need to do lots of work psychologically before Hatayspor game.

With Galatasaray staying at same squad as it did in last season, only worry prior to game has been into tempo of performance for being in the season but it still was expected tactically to show good game but it was lacking so much that it did fail to get control of the ball for long time and did make very simple and unforgetable mistakes which Besiktas has used in very good manner. With such performance on the field losing game with 5:0 scoreline should not be seen as surprise at all and if game lasted longer Besiktas could easier find some new goals. There was also some mistakes in tactical performance which means that Okan Buruk would need to go through that to.

Galatasaray without doubt would now focus to Hatayspor at Super League new season opener to prove themselves again to be strong favourite for title.

Fenerbahce interested to sign Ilkay Gundogan.

One of the most eye-catching transfer news on this day has been rumours that Fenerbahce are interested to sign Barcelona player Ilkay Gundogan.

It is reported that Jose Mourinho would be very willing to see Ilkay Gundogan as he would be able to sort midfielding issue at the team which has been pretty visible during both games against Lugano. With taking account that Gundogan is being unhappy at Barcelona and does consider to leave team, it could be an effective manner for Gundogan to consider joining Fenerbahce, even through if some other top European clubs would show some interest things would be changes as Gundogan still likes to be staying at top league understandably.

Hence, it does look like Fenerbahce would try to sign Gundogan but it could be difficult transfer as our accounts would follow all developments in this matter.

In other news:

- Bodrum has signed Gabriel Opekba.

- Galatasaray has signed Norwich City player Gabriel Sara for 3-years with 18 million euro. Salary of player will be 2.75 million euro.

- Trabzonspor CEO Ertugrul Dogan has stated that club considers to transfer 4-5 players during rest of summer transfer window.

- Santos are interested to transfer Fenernahce player Luan Peres.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer West Ham United player Tomas Soucek.

- Venezia are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Cengiz Under.

- Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Zorya player Arseniy Batagov.

- Konyaspor has frozen contract of its player Josip Calusic due of injury.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Az Alkmaar player Myron van Bredorode.

What happened in Turkish football today? 03/08/2024

Besiktas has got humiliating win against Galatasaray.

Besiktas has got a confident and surprisingly an easy win against Galatasaray at Turkish Super Cup with 5:0 scoreline as it started new season with a title and has shown full dominance of the game.

Our blog has stated on preview of the game that there has been questions how would Besiktas perform as Galatasaray didnt have much changes to its title winning squad while Besiktas which did aim to show much more competitive and stronger performance with changes of squad did create much more curiousity to Turkish football followers and Besiktas has overpassed those expectations. Without doubt an early goal from Ciro Immobile at 1st minute from simple mistake from Victor Nelsson did have an impact for rest of the game as Besiktas has shown much more organised game. It needs to be mentioned that in all fairness Besiktas didnt show its best game and are being far from its ideal game but it did look to be much more ready for game compare to Galatasaray.

Galatasaray on their part has shown surprisingly weak game as it didnt look to be concentrated, motivated and have any clear plans at attack with its performance and add to that poor performance and simple mistakes at defence has led for such outcome of the game. There were expectations that Galatasaray which more or less did come out with same squad to which it won title in last season, it has been very far away from performance which would be expected from them. It needs to be mentioned that despite of winning title for 2 years back-to-back in same seasons it didnt provide very good performance but even taking that account, Galatasaray has shown very uneffective game and doesnt look to be ready for upcoming season as it would be playing next week against Hatayspor.

Besiktas has wanted to win this Turkish Super Cup much more than Galatasaray and does provide view that its being ready for upcoming season while Galatasaray does provide crucial worrying sign prior to start of new Super League season.

Galatasaray has made deal with Norwich City player Gabriel Sara.

Norwich City player Gabriel Sara has arrived to Istanbul for one-on-one transfer negotiations with Galatasaray as club has made deal both with club and player and does look like it solved midfielding issue.

Galatasaray transfer politics during this summer transfer window has been to keep its title squad of last season but did see its weakest position is being an attacking midfielder and it does look it has solved this issue with signing Gabriel Sara. Even through Sara would not be seen among main star players at the squad with looking to names, he did show some good performance in previous season at Norwich and does have an advantage of providing good performance at different positions on the field and hence would be seen as an important addition to the squad.

Therefore,Galatasaray did make an important addition to its squad and has strengthened arleady its strong squad for upcoming season.

Al Khalood provided good offer to Besiktas for Jackson Muleka

Saudi Arabic clubs Al Khalood has offered 500,000 euro loan offer to Besiktas for Jackson Muleka with transfer option of 2.5 million euro fee which has been treated as good development for Turkish giant as it considers to sell player.

Jackson Muleka is being among players at the list which Besiktas does consider to sell during this summer transfer window as it didnt have plans to use player during this season and also seeked to reduce its foreign players list. With Saudi Arabic offering good amounts, it would not hard financially to convince Muleka and also team would be getting positive response. Besiktas still didnt respond for an offer but it is expected for team to get good positive response to such offer.

Needless to say, we would provide news at our accounts regarding response of Besiktas to this offer in upcoming days.

Results:

Turkish Super Cup:

Galatasaray 0:5 Besiktas

In other news:

- AdanaDemirspor has drawn pre-season friendly game against Boluspor with 0:0 scoreline.

- Samsunspor player Benito Raman has become injured for 2.5 months.

- Fenerbahce has offered 4 million euro for 4-year contract to Manchester United player Sofyan Amrabat.

- LeedsUnited are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Ryan Kent.

- Besiktas considers to terminate contract with its player Ernest Muci during this summer transfer window.

- Galatasaray has made transfer deal with Napoli player Jens Caluste.

- Gaziantep are interested to sign Galatasaray players Taylan Antalyali and Alexandru Cicaldau.

- Bandirmaspor has loaned Rizespor player Zafer Gorgen.

- Samsunspor player Emre Kilinc has become injured.

What happened in Turkish football today? 02/08/2024

Trabzonspor has lots to improve on for Rapid Vienna game.

Trabzonspor has qualified to Europa League 3rd qualifying round after beating Ruzemberog with an aggregate scoreline of 3:0 as it didnt provide necessarily dominated game in both legs but did provide some positive view from attackers and especially Ugurcan Cakir at goal.

It needs to be mentioned that when at how side performed in 2nd leg at home ground compare to previous week, team did show some more organising game and has created much more chances despite of finding only one goal thanks to the Denis Dragus. It needs to be mentioned that to some extend Trabzonspor has been lucky since Ruzemberog did create much more chances but did lack final touches. Trabzonspor hence did provide some positive performance but still needs to improve an attacking and defensive game as Rapid Wien would be coming to its opponent in pretty good form as it beaten Wisla 8:2 scoreline.

Trabzonspor hence did find themselves at 3rd qualifying round but there is lots to improve if it wants to get to play-off round.

Basaksehirspor didnt have any issues against La Fiorita.

Basaksehirspor has got into 3rd qualifying round at Conference League without much issues as it beaten La Fiorita with 10:1 aggregate as it didnt have any issues as would been expected at both legs.

In all fairness and respect to San Marino side, La Fiorita is not any reference towards Basaksehirspor as it has shown dominating game and did find goal at almost every chances at ease and has been more like two friendly games to check condition of the players both of starting 11 and alternative players. Still, this result would provide needed confidence and motivation for Iberia game at upcoming round and also upcoming Turkish Super League new season start.

Hence, Basaksehirspor has got into 3rd qualifying round and at ease and would be seen as big favourite for Iberia.

Besiktas would come out with big revision from previous season at Turkish Super Cup

Super League title holders Galatasaray and Turkish Cup winners would be starting upcoming season with Turkish Super Cup game between each other as both sides would be aiming to have perfect start of new season.

It needs to be mentioned that even through Galatasaray more or less is being same team as it as on previous season, it would be more curious to see how new signing with especialy Ciro Immobile would provide performance at competitive game especially at game like Super Cup as two arch rivals would be playing against each other. With Galatasaray as been noted quality is been known, it would be difficult to predict how Besiktas as it would show much better performance as it did on previous season but is it would be enough to compete against title holders and also fight for title in upcoming season. It also needs to be stated that Galatasaray does tend to have issues with showing strong competition in start of the seasons and hence Besiktas might have opportunity to get result it seek for.

Even through it would be interesting to see performance of title holders, main focus will be towards cup winners as it went through some crucial changes.

Schedule:

Turkish Super Cup:

20:45 Galatasaray-Besiktas

In other news:

- Fenerbahce administrators Sertac Komsuoglu and Turker Bayazit has resigned from football company subsection.

- Basaksehirspor has terminated contract with its strategic and planning director Eddie Newton.

- Konyaspor has won pre-season friendly game against Al Fayha with 1:0 scoreline

- Rizespor has signed Besiktas player Emrecan Bulut.

- Besiktas has signed Emirhan Topcu

- Sakaryaspor has loaned Trabzonspor player Murat Can Akpinar

- Rizespor head coach Ilhan Palut has stated that team considers to sign left-back, midfielder and winger.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Juventus player Weston Keenie.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Freiburg player Berkay Yilmaz and Augsburg player Mert Komur.

- Galatasaray has made transfer deal with Napoli player Jens Caluste.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Manchester City player Kalvin Phillips.

- Besiktas has started loan negotiations with PSG player Cher Ndour.

- Goztepe has made transfer deal with Southampton player Mateusz Lis.

- Galatasaray has made transfer deal with Norwich City player Gabriel Sara.

What happened in Turkish football today? 01/08/2024

Trabzonspor got win against Ruzemberog thanks to goal from Denis Dragus.

Trabzonspor has qualified to Europa League 3rd qualifying round after beating Ruzemberog with single goal from Denis Dragus on 65th minute and got an aggregate scoreline of 3:0 as it provided some improvement at the game compare to 1st leg but still did look not to be entirely ready physically.

It needs to be reminded that during 1st leg despite of better scoreline, it has been slightly lucky thanks to its goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir and it would be needed to mention that he did provide some important saves during game but it needs to be mentioned that playing at home and also getting some lessons from 1st leg team did look to be more organised and eager at the chances even through it could be argued that team could have created some more chances on the field. It also needs to be mentioned that as time went on Ruzemberog believe that it could turn around fixture has been reduced which did go into hand for Trabzonspor during which time it did find winning goal and after that it got even better form and motivation and has ended game at its own control.

Ruzemboreg did try to show positive game during 2 legs and did provide an image of side which did show strong attacking game with creating chances but it did lack last touches due of quality of players.

Trabzonspor hence did reach to 3rd qualifying round of Europa League where it would be playing against Rapid Wien where it would be favourites but it does need to improve performance. 

Basaksehirspor didnt have any issues against La Fiorita.

Basaksehirspor has got its ticket to 3rd qualifying round after beating La Fiorita with an aggregate scoreline of 10:1 scoreline as it would been expected it has shown full dominance of the game in 2 legs as it did come out with 2nd squad in 2nd leg.

To all respect towards San Marino side, it would not be reasonable for Basaksehirspor to have much issues and it has did that as it provided strong attacking game at 2 legs as it ended its task during 2nd leg within 35 minutes as it found 3 goals in that period of time. There was expectation that Basaksehirspor would be playing game at friendly manner and alternative squad and this result does show that players did pass even through this opponent would not be good reference and next round game against Georgian side Iberia potentially could provide much more pressure and reference.

La Fiorita as been noted didnt come out with much chances with opponent being aware of that but team did try to show its best game at field and this game would provide some experience towards players.

Basaksehirspor as expected didnt have much issues in this tie but at least got motivation and confidence boost prior to new season domestically.

MKS Cracowia signs Besiktas player Ajdin Hasic

Polish side MKS Cracowia has made transferred Besiktas player Ajdin Hasic as Hasic has been among list of players to whole Turkish giant has been considering to sell during summer transfer window.

With due of high number of foreign players at the squad and also not recieving high number of playing time, Besiktas did consider to sell its player Ajdin Hasic this summer and there were also some talks to terminate contracts but MKS Cracowia signing player has been good news for all parties as Besiktas did recieve some transfer fee for player while Hasic would eave club with joining team and the team which he could get more playing time and show some effective performance at the field. Therefore, this transfer news has been good development for all parties.

Right now Besiktas would be able to look for other names during summer transfer window and our blog would follow all developments.

Results:

UEFA Europa League, 2nd qualifying round, 2nd leg:

Trabzonspor 1:0 Ruzemberog(agg: 3:0)

Rapid Wien 6:1 Wisla(agg: 8:2)(Rapid Wien will play against Trabzonspor at Europa League 3rd qualifying round)

UEFA Conference League, 2nd qualifying round, 2nd leg:

Partizani 0:0 Iberia(agg: 0:2)(Iberia will play against Basaksehirspor at Conference League 3rd qualifying round)

La Fiorita 0:4 Basaksehirspor(agg: 1:10)

HB Torshavn 0:0 Hajduk Split(agg: 0:2) (Hajduk Split will play against Ruzemberog at Conference League 3rd qualifying round)

In other news:

- SuperLeague has extended sponsorship contract with Trendyol for 3-years.

- TFF has announced that referee of Turkish Super Cup game between Galatasaray and Besiktas will be Atilla Karaoglan.

- Boluspor has signed Galatasaray player Isik Kaan Ayhan for 2-years.

- Konyaspor has transferred Fenerbahce player Melih Bostan for 3-years but former club has an option to call back player.

- Konyaspor CEO Omer Korkmaz has stated that club has almost 165 million TL debt.

- Fenerbahce has offered 10 million euro for Manchester United player Sofyan Amrabat.

-  Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Real Betis player Guido Rodriguez.

- Antalyaspor head coach Alex de Souza has stated that club needs to transfer defender, attacker and winger.

What happened in Turkish football today? 31/07/2024

Fenerbahce has beaten Lugano purely due of quality factor.

Fenerbahce has went through to  3rd qualifying round with an aggregate scoreline of 6:4 against Lugano but it needs to be mentioned that it failed to provide dominant game at both legs and went through quality factor without doubt.

Despite of fact that Fenerbahce did go through 3rd qualifying round and won two games against Lugano, it still didnt provide performance which has been expected and there were lots of periods when Lugano did control game. It needs to be mentioned that Fenerbahce also provided poorer performance at 2nd leg as it made lots of mistakes at passing game and defence and until 1:1 has actually helped Lugano to control game which it did want to as it was seeking for extra-time. However, quality factor from free-kick did play crucial role as Edin Dzeko did find goal and after that as we entered to last minute Lugano did look tired as it did lose tempo.

With this result Fenerbahce did quality to 3rd qualifying round against Lille as it needs to improve its performance as this game will not be enough to get to play-off round.

Trabzonspor does come out with strong advantage as it would focus into showing an attacking game.

Trabzonspor would come out to 2nd leg game against Slovakian side Ruzemberog at Europa League as it failed to show strong and dominant game at the field but got result which it seek for.

Trabzonspor hence as been noted did get good result against Ruzemborog and it would be expected that due of good advantage at result and also playing at home, Trabzonspor would be seeking game at much higher motivation and confidence. Trabzonspor rather than of scoreline would need to focus into providing much more better organising game and prevent Ruzemborog to get control of the game and prevent them to get much chances as there likely to be focus into improving defensive game. Ruzemborog if it wants to get to knockout stages would likely provide an attacking start of the game and this would be crucial role played hence for defenders.

Trabzonspor hence has big advantage for 2nd leg but team did show poor performance and hence main focus should be also to show good performance on the field for sure.

Basaksehirspor will come out to La Fiorita with alternative starting 11

Basaksehirspor would be coming out for 2nd leg against San Marino side La Fiorita as it would be coming out with an advantage of 5:1 and hence would feel confident at 2nd leg.

Basaksehirspor did get a great scoreline which almost certain has secure them 3rd qualifying round draw and hence it did get an opportunity to come out towards game with 2nd or even 3rd squad as Cagdas Atan would get an important advantage to check alternative squad against modest opponent. La Fiorita would be coming out at game without losing anything and would only aim to show its best game and enjoy themselves and hence even through its not expected to provide any pressure to Basaksehirspor, it could try to some positive game.

Basaksehirspor hence does come out to some extend at formality game and will have chance to play with alternative squad.

Schedule:

UEFA Europa League, 2nd qualifying round, 2nd leg:

20:30 Trabzonspor - Ruzemberog(agg: 2:0)

21:30 Rapid Wien-Wisla(agg: 2:1)(winner of this tie would be playing against winners of 2nd qualifying round Europa League qualifying round between Trabzonspor and Ruzemberog(agg) at 3rd qualifying round)

UEFA Conference League, 2nd qualifying round, 2nd leg:

21:00 Partizani - Iberia (agg: 0:2) (Winner of this tie would be playing against winners of 2nd qualifying round tie between Basaksehirspor-La Fiorita(agg: 5:1)

21:45 La Fiorita - Basaksehirspor(agg: 1:5)

22:00 HB Torshavn- Hajduk Split(agg:0:2)(Winner of this tie will be playing against losers of Europa League 2nd qualifying round game between Trabzonspor - Ruzemberog(agg: 2:0)

In other news:

 - TFF has announced that players under blue card system would carry on playing as domestic status until end of contracts.

- Hatayspor has drawn with 1:1 scoreline against Al Hazem during pre-season friendly.

- Alanyaspor has won pre-season friendly game against Gaziantep with 1:0 scoreline.

- - UEFA has announced referees for Champions League 3rd qualifying round game between Fenerbahce-Lille:

1st leg: Istvan Kovacz

2nd leg: Jose Maria Sanchez.

- Bodrum player Tunahan Akpinar had a successful operation on his injury.

- Fenerbahce player Fred will not play 3-4 weeks due of injury.

- Balikesirspor has loaned Rizespor player Guvenc Usta for 1-year

- Kayserispor has signed Mehdi Bourabia for 1-year- Bodrum player Tunahan Akpinar had a successful operation on his injury.

- Boluspor has loaned Galatasaray player Isik Kaan Arslan.

- Hatayspor has extended contract with its player Burak Yilmaz for 1-year.

- Besiktas has terminated contract with its player Ante Rebic.

- Galatasaray and Colombian National Team player Davinson Sanchez has been selected to best 11 of Copa America.

-  Trabzonspor considers to terminate contract with its player Taxiarchis Fountas.

- Lecce coach Pantaleo Corvino has stated that club are interested to transfer Besiktas player Jean Onana

- ManchesterUnited player Scott McTominay has said yes to 5.5 million euro salary offer from Galatasaray.

- Istanbulspor has made transfer deal with Trabzonspor player Emre Sen.

- Fenerbahce has offered 21 million euro to Palmeiras player Richard Rios while Galatasaray has offered 15 million euro.

- Besiktas has offered 3.4 million euro to Rizespor for Emirhan Topcu with 600,000 euro salary.

- Bodrum are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Samet Akaydin

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Yigit Fidan.

- Sivasspor head coach Bulent Uygun has announced that club has recieved 3-4 offers for Rey Minaj but club will not accept offers of 6-7 million euro.

- Eyupspor are interested to transfer Galatasaray player Yunus Akgun

- Goztepe sports director Ivan Mance has stated that club is close to sign 1-2 players at short period, as it aims to sign in total 3-4 players for rest of summer transfer window.

- Besiktas player Emrecan Terzi has become injured.

What happened in Turkish football today? 30/07/2024

Fenerbahce qualified to 3rd qualifying round but didnt show too convincing game.

Fenerbahce has reached to Champions League 3rd qualifying round after beating Lugano with 2:1 scoreline at home ground and aggregate scoreline of 6:4, but it needs to be mentioned that Fenerbahce didnt show very good performance and has went through quality factor of the team.

It needs to be mentioned that Fenerbahce has been criticised with its performance during 1st leg especially at defensive game and there were expectations from them to show much more stronger and organised game at home ground but in surprising manner its performance went even down as Lugano did find an early goal in similar manner as in 1st leg and did control game during 1st half in general. Fenerbahce did have an issue to show strong and organised game at the field with failing to control game and possession with having some issue with formation of the player on the field. Until free-kick goal from Edin Dzeko, Fenerbahce didnt manage to get control of the game and had looked to be pretty passive but till being inside game did bring some confidence to the game which led for this 2 goals. It needs to be also mentioned that Lugano did look tired towards end of the game which went into hand of Fenerbahce.

Lugano it needs to be stated did provide pretty good performance during 1st leg and also this game and did provide an image of being potential team for the upcoming future but quality and experience factor of squad did play crucial role. Still, Lugano can show some good performance at Europa League.

Fenerbahce in difficult manner did manage to get to 3rd qualifying round with 2 wins and now would meet with Lille where it would need to provide better game however if it wants to get to play-off stage.

Besiktas terminates contracts with its players Ajdin Hasic and Ante Rebic.

Besiktas has terminated contract with its players Ajdin Hasic and Ante Rebic as team didnt have plans to use frequently in upcoming season and also due of need to reduce number of foreign players due of limit set for next season.

Both Ajdin Hasic and Ante Rebic have signed at the team in previous season with high expectation but both players didnt fulfill those expectations both during training sessions and especially at the game and hence Giovanni van Bronckhorst as would been expected didnt have much plans. With negotiations taking place between parties regarding of extension of contract, it has led for both players accounts to be terminated and has been good development for both players and club as it would reduce amount of foreign players.

Besiktas still needs to reduce number of players at the squad and we would follow all developments in our account. 

Eyupspor loans Tayfur Bingol for 1-year.

Eyupspor has loaned Besiktas player Tayfur Bingol for 1-year which  has been especially good deal for new-comers as it did get player who does have good experience at top club.

It needs to be mentioned that with Besiktas aiming for title and getting some qualified amount of players, there was high chances that Tayfur Bingol wouldnt get much playing time and would reduce him chance to develop as player and without doubt this has provided upper hand for Eyupspor at negotiations and did get possibly best name during this summer transfer window as he would provide important strength for upcoming season and could become star player. 

Eyupspor as been noted possibly did get very important signing and showed its intentions to have successul upcoming season with an aim to stay at the league.

Results:

UEFA Champions League, 2nd qualifying round, 2nd leg:

Fenerbahce 2:1 Lugano(agg: 6:4)

In other news:

- Besiktas has won pre-season friendly game against Sakaryaspor with 2:1 scoreline.

- Konyaspor has drawn pre-season friendly game against NK Brinje. with 1:1 scoreline

- Galatasaray considers to loan its player Yusuf Demir during this summer transfer window.

- Hatayspor has loaned Lamine Diack with transfer option.

- Goztepe has loaned Southampton player Kuryu Matsuki.

- Besiktas has offered 4 million euro to Rizespor for Emirhan Topcu.

- Westerlo are close to transfer Galatasaray player Emin Bayram. Player has been loaned to team previous season.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Athletico Paranaense player Christian Cardoso.

- NewcastleUnited has offered 60 milion euro+20 million euro bonuses to Real Madrid for Arda Guler.

- Kocaelispor are interested to transfer Sivasspor players Mijo Caktas and Caner Osmanpasa.

- Lecce are interested to transfer Besiktas player Jean Onana.

- Pre-season friendly game between Adana Demirspor and Tractor has been cancelled due of both sides wearing red shirt.

- Konyaspor has extended sponsorship with Tumosan.

- Eyupspor has loaned Besiktas player Tayfur Bingol.

- AlKhalood are interested to transfer Besiktas player Jackson Muleka.

- Sakaryaspor has made transfer deal with Trabzonspor player Poyraz Efe Yildirim.

- Gaziantep has signed Eric Saborit for 1-year.

- Kayserispor has extended contract with its player Anthony Uzodimirra for 1-year.

- Rizespor has signed Sarajevo player Muhammed Buljubasic for 4-years.

- Gaziantep has signed Stephen Biotok for 2-years.

- TurkishNationalTeam has recieved 43,750 euro fine from UEFA for anti-sportmanship statements, behaviour of fans and throwing foreign items into field during Euro2024 game against Holland.

- Samsunspor has signed sponsorship deal with American Life for 1-year.

- Antalyaspor has set minumum transfer fee of its player Bunyemin Balci as 2 million euro.

- Besiktas has started transfer negotiations with Zenit player Robert Renan.

- Gaziantep has signed Ferencvaros player Kenan Kodro.

- WestBromwichAlbion player Okay Yokuslu has arrived to Trabzon for one-on-one transfer negotiations with Trabzonspor

What happened in Turkish football today? 29/07/2024

Fenerbahce would need to use its advantage at home ground.

Fenerbahce would be playing at home ground during Champions League 2nd qualifying round 2nd leg against Lugano with 4:3 advantage but it still needs to be stayed focussed and provide an effective game.

Even through Fenerbahce does come out as favourites for 2nd leg and whole tie, it needs to be mentioned that it did make it slight difficult or more precise did keep chances alive for Lugano due of conceding at last minute and generally poor defensive game. It needs to be mentioned Fenerbahce would be expected to provide much more attacking game with creating lots of chances but it would need to provide more defensive game as Lugano would look for some chances. Most important however at the game would be to find an early goal to make task easier. Lugano would be providing as mentioned an attacking game so Fenerbahce would need to be aware of this.

Fenerbahce does have slight advantage at home ground and hence it would need to performance accordingly.

Orenburg has loaned Galatasaray player Kazimcan Karatas.

Orenburg has loaned Galatasaray player Kazimcan Karatas which is being Russian Premier League side which would fight for survival but in positive note for player that he would be getting lots of playing time.

Such move hence is being win-win situation for all parties as Galatasaray did loan player who wouldnt get lots of playing time in upcoming season, Karatas would be moving to team where he would be able to develop due of getting lots of playing time while for Orenburg is getting pretty quality player who would be able to provide very good performance. Therefore, Kazimcan Karatas would be joining highly competitive league which would also let him to get lots of playing it me and join back Galatasaray with good experience and development as player.

Galatasaray has led to join team which would help player to develop and return in much better form and this possibly being biggest gain.

Rizespor signs Muhammed Buljabevic.

Rizespor has signed Muhammed Buljabevic a player which would provide lots of strength to team squad in upcoming season as club aims to have much better season compare to previous season. 

Rizespor hence did add player who could show some good performance in upcoming season and lead team into much better performance  as he does have some quality in its hand and could play an important role for team to create some very good chances and as long as player would have fast adaptation period, he could help to show much more organised performance at the field. 

Stating that, Rizespor would still need to strength if it wants to aim for high spots and our accounts would provide all latest developments.

Schedule:

UEFA Champions League, 2nd qualifying round, 2nd leg:

20:00 Fenerbahce-Lugano(agg: 4:3)

In other news:

- Pre-season friendly game between Antalyaspor and BF Sipahan has been abondoned at 27th minute due of risk of injury to players. Antalyaspor were winning 3:0.

- Basaksehirspor has signed Besiktas player Onur Bulut for 3-years.

- Adanaspor has signed Kasimpasa player Alp Efe Kilinc.

- Trabzonspor considers to transfer defender, 2 midfielders and 2 attackers.

- TFF CEO Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu is against foreign referees at Super League.

- Galatasaray CEO Dursun Ozbek has stated that focus is to sign player at 8th position.

- Besiktas has made transfer deal with Milan player Fode Ballo Toure.

- Fenerbahce has ended transfer negotiations with Corinthians player Wellinton unsuccessfully as it found transfer fee of 30 million too high.

- Trabzonspor has made transfer deal with West Bromwich Albion player Okay Yokuslu.

- Besiktas considers to offer Antalyaspor and player in exchange for Bunyamin Balci.

- Valencia are interested to transfer Galatasaray player Sergio Oliviera.

- AdanaDemirspor player Maestro has declined an offer from Barcelona due of club planning to play him at B squad.

What happened in Turkish football today? 28/07/2024

Antalyaspor has signed Braian Samadio for 2-years.

Antalyaspor has signed Brainio Samaudio for 2-years as player has played at Super League for high number of years and hence wouldnt be able to have any issues with being used to this league.

Brainio Samaudio has played at Rizespor for long time and has become one of the key players at its stay and hence it would be expected for player to show similar performance at Antalyaspor and helping side to provide pretty good performance and ending season possibly at top half of the table. With his experience, he could also become one of the leading players during game and could provide some crucial help to youngsters and other player foreign who are not as much experienced.Therefore, such transfer does show to some extend into seriousness of Antalyaspor for upcoming season.

This has been a crucial transfer for Antalyaspor and would significantly strength side but it would need to make some more to make side even more competitive without doubt.

Galatasaray didnt make transfer deal with Zenit for Wendel 

Galatasaray and Zenit didnt make transfer deal regarding Wendel didnt come into deal as Russian club didnt consider to sell player due of crucial role which player has played at the team

Zenit did set lowest transfer fee for Wendel as 30 million euro which Galatasaray both were reluctant and was a bit economical list to do and it did provide number of offers with latest being 20 million euro+% from upcoming transfer but Zenit didnt show any positive response. With this transfer not being made therefore due of Russian club didnt want to sell one of its players and also difficult of signing good foreign players, Galatasaray would now would focus into new alternatives in transfer window.

Therefore, Galatasaray would now look into alternative names and our accounts would follow all recent developments at club transfer politics.

Fenerbahce are interested to sign Mario Kovacevic

Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Mario Kovacevic which is being one of the eye-catching transfer rumours from today as club prefers to loan player.

According to reports, Fenerbahce head coach Jose Mourinho is showing specific attention to sign player for upcoming season and with his team not considering to sell him for less than 30 million euro, Fenerbahce could be offering loan offer with an argument to give more playing time than his current team. It does look to be difficult chances of transfers and in fact is not even factor its been true news reports but if it is Fenerbahce might provide some pressure to Manchester City to sign player.

With Mourinho showing interest to player, Fenerbahce could provide lots of pressure to player in upcoming period at negotiations.

In other news:

- Alanyaspor has lost to Pendikspor with 4:1 scoreline at pre-season friendly.

- Konyaspor has lost pre-season friendly game against Udinese with 1:0 scoreline.

- Sanliurfaspor has loaned Basaksehirspor player Efe Arda Koyuncu

- Antalyaspor has signed Abdullah Yigiter.

- Rizespor has declined an offer from Besiktas from Emirhan Topcu as club has offered Ajdin Hasic, Francisco Montero, Kartal Kayra Yilmaz.

- Basaksehirspor has made transfer deal with Besiktas player Onur Bulut.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Benfica player Florentino.

- Roma and Lille are interested to transfer Galatasaray player Kerem Akturkoglu.

- Brighton has raised transfer offer to 33 million euro for Fenerbahce player Ferdi Kadioglu.

- Gaziantep are interested to transfer Galatasaray player Hamza Akman.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Milan player Davide Calabria.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Genoa player Morten Frendrup.

- Rizespor has made transfer deal with Sarajevo player Muhamed Bulubasic.

What happened in Turkish football today? 27/07/2024

Bodrum signs Seckin Batuhan Firinci for 5-years.

Bodrum has signed Tuzlaspor player Seckin Batuhan Firinci as team mainly focusses into young players from clubs outside of Super League mainly due of economical reasons but return could be good one.

With being aware that it is not able to sign players at Super League level due of financial conditions Bodrum main focusses into risky but in long-term smart transfer politics as it focuses into youngsters from lower leagues. One of this players is being Tuzlaspor player Seckin Batuhan Firinci who does have some good potential and could provide some good performances in upcoming season as long as he would get some playing time. This season would also provide right motivational boost towards player as he would get opportunity to show good performance at top league.

Hence, Bodrum tend to focus into signing potential players from lower leagues with Seckin Batuhan Firinci being latest addition to squad.

Galatasaray has offered 20 million euro to Zenit for Wendel.

Galatasaray continues its intense and ongoing transfer negotiations with Zenit regarding Wendel as it has raised transfer offer as 20 million euro + bonuses but Russian club requests 25 million euro.

Such resistance to sell Wendel from Zenit is understandable as club doesnt consider to sell one of its key players at current squad and also due of political situations many players not joining Russian clubs. Therefore, Galatasaray signing Wendel is possible but it would need to provide an aggressive transfer negotiations which it might be difficult ask economically and taking account financial situaitons of clubs including league titles it might need to be forced to end negotiations without signing him. 

As always, our blog would follow all developments in this transfer as it looks to be coming to conclusion either positively or more likely negative.

Olympique Lyon are interested to sign Becao.

Olympique Lyon are reported to be showing interest with Fenerbahce player Rodrigo Becao which would been good development for all parties as Fenerbahce did consider to sell player during this summer transfer window.

It is reported due of repetitive injuries from Becao on previous season and also generally Jose Mourinho not considering to use player in upcoming season, Fenerbahce could provide green light as long as team does provide reasonable transfer offer. Hence, it does look that upcoming days would be taking place with possible transfers from Olympique Lyon an other clubs towards Rodrygo Becao. 

As always, our page would follow all latest developments in this transfer rumours as many clubs might consider to sign Becao.

In other news:

- Galatasaray has lost pre-season friendly game against Parma with 2:0 scoreline

- AdanaDemirspor has won pre-season friendly game against Bodrum with 3:2 scoreline.

- Hatayspor has lost pre-season friendly game with 2:0 scoreline against Istanbulspor

- Samsunspor has drawn pre-season friendly game against Ankaragucu with 1:1 scoreline

- Rizespor has drawn pre-season friendly game against Nice with 2:2 scoreline.

- Besiktas has won pre-season friendly game against Genclerbirligi with 2:0 scoreline.

- Bodrum player Mustafa Erdilman has become injured.

- Konyaspor has signed Yavuz Akman for 2-years.

- Antalyaspor CEO Sinan Boztepe: We are focussed to sell our player Jakub Kaluzinski for 2.5-3 million euro. We expected to lift transfer ban around 30th or 31st July.

 Trabzonspor has made transfer deal with Watford player William Hortdt

- Gaziantep are close to sign Maccabi Tel Aviv player Enric Saborit.

- Trabzonspor has started transfer negotiations with Burnley player Wout Weghorst.

- Hatayspor has made transfer deal with Lamick Diare.

What happened in Turkish football today? 26/07/2024

Ugurcan Cakir has been main reason for Trabzonspor win.

Trabzonspor has got confident away scoreline of 2:0 against Slovakian side Ruzemberog at Europa League 2nd qualifying round but it didnt provide very good performance and should be thankful for Ugurcan Cakir to get advantage scoreline.

It needs to be mentioned that despite of scoreline, Ruzemberog has been side which did create chances and had high amount of possession and to some extend been unlucky not to get win while Ugurcan Cakir with his outstanding performance at goal has played key role with team winning game as Trezeguet and youngster Cihan Canak has been used their opportunities with Canak has been without doubt an outstanding shot from distance at the last minute of the game. Still, if it wasnt for Cakir Trabzonspor could easily lost and side didnt provide a positive view for upcoming season as Abdullah Avci needs to work at team for sure.

Trabzonspor hence did get huge advantage for 2nd leg but it is clear that team would need to improve a lot for upcoming weeks.

Basaksehirspor got an easy win as expected

Basaksehirspor as would been expected did get an easy and confident win against San Marino side La Fiorita at Conference League 2nd qualifying round 1st leg game as it won game with 6:1 scoreline.

Basaksehirspor has controlled and dominated game as it wished to for 90 minutes with having back-to-back dangerous attacks which led for 6 goals to be scored at opponent. La Fiorita did try to show some resistance and positive game which has been rewarded with 1 single goal but quality difference has been visible at all section of the field as this game at leat provided experience to La  Fiorita.

Basaksehirspor hence did this 1st leg result with an end of all tie and likely would treat 2nd leg game as friendly game.

Konyaspor has signed Umut Nayir

Konyaspor has signed Fenerbahce player Umut Nayir who didnt get lots of playing time during previous season despite of having high expectations and also wouldnt have recieve lots of time at his previous team in upcoming season.

Umut Nayir level of player might not be in same level as for top clubs in Turkey but without doubt he would be ideal transfer side for mediocre teams as he does have some good skills attack and for Konyaspor which does have modest aims for next season, Umut Nayir would been an important addition. Hence as always, this transfer seems to be win-win situation for all parties as Fenerbahce sold player which it didnt plan to use, Konyaspor has strengthen its squad while Umut Nayir has joined team where he would not only getting playing time but also play an important role.

Konyaspor hence did make an important transfer to its disposal and player would be expected to take key role in upcoming season.

In other news:

- TFF has raised salary of referees from 20,000 TL to 40,000 TL.

- FatihKaragumruk has loaned Fenerbahce player Yigit Efe Demir.

- Bodrum has signed Hacettepe 1945 player Murat Sipahoglu for 4-years.

- Trabzonspor has signed Stefan Savic.

- Amedspor has transferred Eyupspor player Omer Bayram.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Joel Matip.

- Besiktas, Trabzonspor, Konyaspor and Eyupspor are interested to transfer Bursaspor player Yigit Fidan.

- Rizespor spokesman Hasan Yavuz Bakir has stated that club are close to make deal with Las Palmas.

- Basaksehirspor are interested to transfer Besiktas player Onur Bulut.

- Bologna are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Jayden Oosterwolde.

- Trabzonspor has raised transfer offer to Southampton player Paul Onuachu to 7 million euro.

- Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Manchester City player Luke Mbete.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Norwich City player Gabriel Sara.

- Samsunspor player Benito Roman didnt attend pre-season training camp.

- Hatayspor CEO Levent Mistikoglu has stated that club would play at Mersin in upcoming season as field in Hatay is not ready.

- Galatasaray has offered 16 million euro for Palmeiras player Richard Rios.

- Verona has offered 5 million euro and optional transfer option for Yunus Akgun to Galatasaray but club requests transfer option to not be optional.